Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A temporary worker, as in an office.
  • intransitive verb To work as a temporary worker.

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  • abbreviation temperature
  • abbreviation temporary
  • noun a temporary employee, usually in an office
  • verb To work as a temporary employee.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for temporary worker.]

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Examples

  • From "start" - > "run" - > type "% temp%" in the command field, then press Enter to open the user's temp folder.

    MSDN Blogs 2010

  • Is it Good practise to delete Temporary FIles using comand % temp%/temp in Window OS? en Español

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • Is it Good practise to delete Temporary FIles using comand % temp%/temp in Window OS? en Español

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • From "start" - > "run" - > type % temp% in the command field, then press Enter to open the user's temp folder. typically this should be C: \Users\ {account} \AppData\Local\Temp;

    MSDN Blogs 2010

  • Make a temp folder in c: and change where autocad saves temprary, log & backup files to c: \temp.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • So type % temp% in your run box and go to the temp folder and look for the log file.

    TechNet Blogs 2009

  • Loop \% idlist\% temp: = idlist\%A_Index\% idstrlist = \% temp\%, \% idstrlist\%

    AutoHotkey Community 2008

  • Loop \% idlist\% temp: = idlist\%A_Index\% idstrlist = \% temp\%, \% idstrlist\%

    AutoHotkey Community 2008

  • This exe drops / downloads image. exe (48kb) in a new temp folder in \% temp\%

    SecuriTeam Blogs Rafel Ivgi 2008

  • It iterates through all selected sessions and writes a WCAT script file to the temp directory (scripts can be found via "dir % temp%\*. wcat).

    The Official Microsoft IIS Site 2010

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